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2020-1-PL01-KA105-0795902020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: PL|MK|LT|RO|PT|ES|EL|SK · Grant: €14,700
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Objectives

The main aim of this TC is to train youth workers on how to use outdoor education for addressing current challenges of nowadays and building so called soft competences and skills, such as respect, efficient communication, tolerance and understanding, non-judgment approach, ability to work in teams and critical thinking. All those competences will lead to active citizenship, developed culture of peace in the societies and better chances for young people in labor market Objectives: -discover outdoor and experiential learning, their historical perspective, principles and models -articulate and reflect on participants’ own values base for outdoor and experiential learning -To give the participants an opportunity to directly experience various outdoor methods and techniques and reflect on ways of incorporating these methods and techniques into their daily youth work with young people including young people with fewer opportunities, young people from marginalized background, radicalized youth or with refugees -To raise understanding of the participants on outdoor methods and techniques in relation with active youth participation and fighting youth unemployment and encourage the participants to apply outdoor based learning in their practices -To support exchanging and sharing practices, experiences, methods and techniques of outdoor education across and increasing the quality of youth work in participants’ countries -develop participants’ reflexive skills and critical, innovative, creative thinking and challenging outdoor learning contexts and their application -develop participants’ competences in designing, planning, implementing and evaluating outdoor and experiential learning activities -understand and handle risk and safety in outdoor settings We expect to have outcomes at 3 dimensions: -Using the outdoor education and general understating of the principles of experiential learning and NFE -Competences of application and integration of outdoor education in the local realities of youth work with youth with fewer opportunities (including marginalized youth, migrants,refugees) -Better understanding of realities of National/European youth work context

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